Fleeting Thoughts: Mr. Henderson's 3AM explores the events of a restless
nocturnal mind-non-sequiturs both wacky and tender, hilarious and profound.
A kinetic painting of extreme time and space relationships, language that
hovers just under meaning, and vocalizations that travel well beyond
established boundaries. Composer Joan La Barbara's unique vocabulary of
experimental and extended vocal techniques: multi-phonics, circular singing,
ululation and glottal clicks, bridge the line between text and song.
Premiere: Danspace Project, New York City 2006.
Direction: Jane Comfort
Choreography: Jane Comfort and Company
Music: Joan La Barbara
Lighting: David Ferri
Costumes: Liz Prince
Dramaturge: Jim Lewis
Original Cast: Jessica Anthony, Jane Comfort, Leslie Cuyjet, Kathleen
Fisher, Olase Freeman, Joan LaBarbara, Lisa Niedermeyer and Peter Sciscioli.
Funding: Commission by Danspace Project with additional support from the New
York State Council on the Arts, American Music Center, Meet the Composer,
and an early development residency at Bates Dance Festival.
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“A marvelously multidisciplinary work. Six exceptionally versatile performers dance its quirky choreography sometimes in silence, but often to the accompaniment of their own complex vocalizations…every moment is pristinely executed and beautifully timed, yet the movement vocabulary exudes a sense of freedom and effusiveness” -BACKSTAGE |
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